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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1899
Page
3
Ex United States Senator Patrick Walsh dies at his Augusta home after a three month illness. A prominent Georgia journalist and longtime political figure his death ends a storied career that included service in the Senate and influence in state and national politics.
The Peerless Wash Goods Department showcases the season’s novelties with Irish Dimities English Piques Egyptian Organdies French Organdies French Percales French Batistes Muslin Lat in DeRaye and other crisp fresh fabrics.
A fragment notes a planned Easter millinery display promising beauty and novelty. No such display has yet appeared in the area, leaving readers curious about timing and offerings from local shops.
Patrick Walsh, a Civil War veteran who rose to editor and manager of the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel and later led the consolidated Chronicle and Constitutionalist, held public offices including Augusta city council and Georgia general assembly member. He influenced Southern press policy, served on national Democratic bodies, and died after a long career marked by public service and health decline. CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY notes follow in the passage.
A column urges citizens to push forward worthy enterprises with earnest effort. It cites pavement bonds in Athens, contrasts with Lexington and Atlanta, promotes church action to convert liquor, notes Skiff the jeweler's service, and mentions Dr. M A Simmons Liver Medicine for constipation.
Col. David Crenshaw Barrow dies at home on Hancock Avenue after a brief illness at eighty three. He leaves a widow and three children and was buried in Oconee Cemetery after a funeral at his residence led by Rev. Troy Beatty. Barrow was a prominent planter and former state senator who served on University of Georgia trustees and in the Secession convention of 1861. He was a devout Methodist and respected civic figure in Athens.
Paris March 20 The Temps publishes an interview with Baron von Malchrenheim former Russian ambassador to France now living in Pau who denounces the claim he sold Russian and French secrets to Germany as a clumsy invention He says he has been unpunished only to avoid a scandal surpassing Dreyfus. He mentions remedies and a personal medical testimonial within the clipping.
The University of Georgia class of 1902 votes resolutions mourning Col David C Barrow Sr and expressing sympathy for Prof D C Barrow Jr The resolutions note Barrow as a valued citizen church member and university supporter and call for publication in campus papers Athens Banner and Red and Black Also mention lighthearted Liverpool Daily Post anecdotes about grief and widows.
Martha Place of Brooklyn was electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison at 11 01 am for the murder of her stepdaughter Ida Place. The first shock lasted four seconds with 1760 volts then reduced to 200 volts for five or six seconds a second shock followed the report states.
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